Alex Michelsen and Benjamin Bonzi will square off in the semifinal of the Moselle Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.78
Alex Michelsen -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Benjamin Bonzi

There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Benjamin Bonzi since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Alex Michelsen

Alex Michelsen

42 - 32win/loss

Hard
26-14
I Hard
5-3
Clay
4-9
Grass
7-6
Rank
44
High
43
WWWLWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 42-32 26-14 4-9 5-3 7-6 0-0
2023 61-27 30-13 4-3 19-7 8-4 0-0
2022 23-10 14-8 0-1 9-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 44, Alex reached the semifinal after defeating Harold Mayot 6-3 6-1, Richard Gasquet 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 7-6(8) and Bu Yunchaokete 6-7(6) 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter against Yunchaokete, Michelsen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-2 6-4). During the match, Michelsen scored 110 points vs Yunchaokete’s 96. The American was quite aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about the service games, Michelsen scored 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alex Michelsen was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (52/72) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Yunchaokete 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Michelsen has dropped 2 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Michelsen has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 65% of his matches (126-69). 5-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Michelsen has a compiled33-11 match record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

Michelsen’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Newport and Salem.

Alex has a composed 42-32 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Metz

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Metz
Michelsen's Record

Benjamin Bonzi

Benjamin Bonzi

48 - 32win/loss

Hard
13-13
I Hard
22-6
Clay
7-10
Grass
6-3
Rank
124
High
42
WWWWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 48-32 13-13 7-10 22-6 6-3 0-0
2023 29-26 10-8 2-4 17-11 0-3 0-0
2022 35-27 7-10 9-5 11-8 8-4 0-0
2021 57-27 23-5 7-7 20-13 7-2 0-0
2020 30-12 21-3 5-4 4-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 124, Benjamin got to the semifinal after defeating Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-1 7-6(4), Manuel Guinard 6-2 6-3, Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(3) 6-3, Casper Ruud 6-4 6-4 and Quentin Halys 6-3 7-6(1).

In the quarter, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against Halys (6-3 7-61

). During the match Bonzi scored 67 points vs Halys’s 53. Bonzi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Bonzi wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Benjamin Bonzi was very efficient on serve to win 86% (30/35) of his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Halys twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Benjamin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Winnipeg Challenger where he overcame Sho Shimabukuro in the final 5-7 6-1 6-4 and the Roanne Challenger where he beat Matteo Martineau in the final 7-5 6-1 and the St. Brieuc Challenger where he beat Lucas Pouille in the final 6-2 6-3.

The French player has a compiled 48-32 win-loss record in 2024, 22-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Metz
Bonzi's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Michelsen
B.Bonzi
6h:22
6h:22
Time on court​
6h:45
6h:45
!
2h:22
2h:22
Last match​
1h:18
1h:18
3
3
Match played
!
5
5
86
86
Games Played​
101
101
8
8
Set played​​
10
10
304
304
Total points​
351
351
101.3
101.3
Avg point​
70.2
70.2
158
158
Winners
161
161
52.7
52.7
Avg Winners​
32.2
32.2
52%
52%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
30
30
Aces
28
28
10
10
Avg Aces
5.6
5.6
8
8
Double Faults
10
10
2.7
2.7
Avg Double Faults
2
2
158/217
158/217
1st won total​
161/188
161/188
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
36/71
36/71
2nd won total​
58/96
58/96
51%
51%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
10/25
10/25
BP won
12/36
12/36
3.3/8.3
3.3/8.3
Avg BP won
2.4/7.2
2.4/7.2
40%
40%
Won
33%
33%
21
21
Conceded
7
7
7
7
Avg Conceded
1.4
1.4
3
3
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0.4
0.4
18
18
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Michelsen Bonzi
Match played 3 5
Tot Set 8 10
Tot Games 86 101
Pts 304-268 351-269
Total Points 572 620
Winners 158 161
%Winners 52% 46%

Michelsen played 3 matches while Bonzi competed in 5 matches. Bonzi started his run from the qualifications while Michelsen had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alex Michelsen lost 2 sets while Benjamin Bonzi hasn’t dropped a set so far. Michelsen has played 2 set(s) less than Bonzi (8 vs 10). Therefore, Michelsen played 15 games less than Bonzi. The American scored 158 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Benjamin struck 161 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Michelsen Bonzi
Aces 30 28
Avg per match 10 5.6
1st in 217/288 188/284
%1st in 75% 66%
1st pts 158/217 161/188
%1st pts 73% 86%
2nd pts 36/71 58/96
%2nd pts 51% 60%

Michelsen recorded 30 aces (10 per match). Bonzi fired 28 aces (5.6 per match). Michelsen won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Bonzi won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Michelsen Bonzi
Won 10 12
Converted 10/25 12/36
% Converted 40% 33%
Conceded 21 7
Saved 18 5
% Saved 86% 71%
Times Broken 3 2

The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Michelsen dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Benjamin broke his opponents 12 times with a 33% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Michelsen
R1
Mayot
R2
Gasquet
1/4
Yunchaokete
Total
Score 6-3 6-1 6-74 7-63 7-68 6-76 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 16 39 31 86
pts 67-50 127-122 110-96 304-268
Total points 117 249 206 572
Winners 35 71 52 158
%Winners 52% 56% 47% 52%
SERVE
Aces 7 13 10 30
Double Faults 2 2 4 8
1st in 47/68 98/124 72/96 217/288
% 1st in 69% 79% 75% 75%
1st pts 35/47 71/98 52/72 158/217
% 1st pts 74% 72% 72% 73%
2nd pts 9/21 14/26 13/24 36/71
% 2nd pts 43% 54% 54% 51%
Breaks
Won 4 1 5 10
Converted 4/5 1/6 5/14 10/25
Converted % 80% 17% 36% 40%
Conceded 9 3 9 21
Saved 9/9 2/3 7/9 18
Saved % 100% 67% 78% 82%
Times Broken 0 1 2 3
Bonzi
Q1
Huesler
Q3
Guinard
R1
Bautista-Agut
R2
Ruud
1/4
Halys
Total
Score 6-1 7-64 6-2 6-3 7-63 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-3 7-61
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 2 10
Tot Games 20 17 22 20 22 101
pts 74-49 68-50 77-65 65-52 67-53 351-269
Total points 123 118 142 117 120 620
Winners 34 29 35 33 30 161
%Winners 46% 43% 45% 51% 45% 46%
SERVE
Aces 6 6 9 7 0 28
Double Faults 2 4 3 0 1 10
1st in 37/54 34/52 43/68 39/55 35/55 188/284
% 1st in 69% 65% 63% 71% 64% 66%
1st pts 34/37 29/34 35/43 33/39 30/35 161/188
% 1st pts 92% 85% 81% 85% 86% 86%
2nd pts 12/17 10/18 12/25 9/16 15/20 58/96
% 2nd pts 71% 56% 48% 56% 75% 60%
Breaks
Won 2 3 3 2 2 12
Converted 2/6 3/11 3/8 2/5 2/6 12/36
Converted % 33% 27% 38% 40% 33% 33%
Conceded 0 2 2 1 2 7
Saved 0/0 2/2 0/2 1/1 2/2 5
Saved % 100% 0% 100% 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0 2 0 0 2

Tennis Scores in Metz

  • Benjamin BonziBonziQuentin HalysHalys (6-3 7-61) – See score progression
  • Alex MichelsenMichelsenBu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-76 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
  • Cameron NorrieNorrieZizou BergsBergs (6-3 6-76 6-1) – See score progression
  • Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Albano OlivettiHerbert/Albano OlivettiManuel Guinard/Gregoire JacqGuinard/Gregoire Jacq (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
  • Julian Cash/Lloyd GlasspoolCash/Lloyd GlasspoolMatwe Middelkoop/Jean-Julien RojerMiddelkoop/Jean-Julien Rojer (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
  • Corentin MoutetMoutetAndrey RublevRublev (w/o) – See score progression
  • Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli/Francisco CabralChoudary Bollipalli/Francisco CabralSantiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-VasselinGonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
  • Alex MichelsenMichelsenBu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-7(6) 6-2 6-4) – See score progression

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